Recumbent Exercise Bicycles

Exercise bikes?

Can exercise bikes tone your stomach up aswell as your legs? (even just a little bit, if i stand up and pedal.) How long should I cycle on it a day? How many calories should I burn with it? What does "odo" mean, it says it on the little screen but I have no clue what it means? Thanks xx

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i cant answer it all but in like 10 mins on my one i can burn 100 cals it will tone your stomach a bit and i think bout 30 to 40 mins (thats what i do) as for odo i havnt a didly sowi hope it helps x
The stomach gets some work on a road bike because you move around more. Not much on an exercise bike. If you stand up that is good, but probably won't be that effective. Do some ab exercises afterwords. Any time on your exercise bike is good. 10-12 minutes helps. 20-30 minutes provides a nice rate of improvement. Longer than that is boring and takes disipline. The calories burned depends on your lean body size, intensity, and duration of the bike ride. If you bike vigorously for 20-30 minutes you are probably burning something like 200 calories. Odo is short for odometer. That measures distance.